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Process of extracting and processing information in a vertical interval of a video signal transmitted over a personal computer bus
Assignee: Autodesk Inc
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Filing: 1994-12-20
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Granted: 1997-09-09
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Expires: 2014-12-20
Abstract
Abstract A computer implemented process for extracting and processing information in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines selects a portion of the vertical interval from the video lines as the video lines are coupled to a computer bus, detects information stored in the selected portion, places the detected information on the bus of the computer, processes the detected information according to the portion of the vertical interval from which it is selected, and processes the video lines responsive to the detected information from the vertical interval.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis L. Grimm
- 👤 Erik A. Gutfeldt
- 👤 Gregory M. Millar
- 👤 Terence E. Worley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-11-01 23:47
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/02; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G09G5/06; H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/42; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N7/00; H04N7/08; H04N7/087; H04N7/088; G09G2340/00; G09G2340/04; G09G2340/0407; G09G2340/12; G09G2340/125
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A computer-implemented process of extracting and using information contained in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines, the video signal being coupled to a data bus of a computer including a computer display, the vertical interval corresponding to a subset of the plurality of video lines, the process commencing during the vertical interval and comprising: selecting a color calibration portion of said vertical interval associated with a preselected one of said subset of the plurality of video lines; detecting color calibration information in the color calibration portion; placing the detected color calibration information on the data bus of the computer; and adjusting computer display parameters responsive to the color calibration information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A computer-implemented process of extracting and using information contained in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines, the video signal being coupled to a data bus of a computer including a computer display, the vertical interval corresponding to a subset of the plurality of video lines, the process commencing during the vertical interval and comprising: selecting a color calibration portion of said vertical interval associated with a preselected one of said subset of the plurality of video lines; detecting color calibration information in the color calibration portion; placing the detected color calibration information on the data bus of the computer; and adjusting computer display parameters responsive to the color calibration information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
A computer-implemented process of extracting and using information contained in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines, the video signal being coupled to a data bus of a computer including a computer display, the vertical interval corresponding to a subset of the plurality of video lines, the process commencing during the vertical interval and comprising: selecting a text portion of said vertical interval associated with a preselected one of said subset of the plurality of video lines; detecting textual information in the text portion; placing the detected text information on the data bus of the computer; and displaying the video signal on the computer display responsive to correspondence between the textual information and a predetermined search term.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
123 words
A computer-implemented process of extracting and using information contained in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines, the video signal being coupled to a data bus of a computer including a computer display, the vertical interval corresponding to a subset of the plurality of video lines, the process commencing during the vertical interval and comprising: selecting a text portion of said vertical interval associated with a preselected one of said subset of the plurality of video lines; detecting textual information in the text portion; placing the detected text information on the data bus of the computer; and displaying the video signal on the computer display responsive to correspondence between the textual information and a predetermined search term.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-implemented process of extracting and using information contained in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines, the video signal being coupled to a data bus of a computer, the vertical interval corresponding to a subset of the plurality of video lines, the process commencing during the vertical interval and comprising: selecting a text portion of said vertical interval associated with a preselected one of said subset of the plurality of video lines; detecting textual information in the text portion; placing the detected textual information on the data bus of the computer; and indexing the video signal with the textual information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-implemented process of extracting and using information contained in a vertical interval of a video signal comprising a plurality of video lines, the video signal being coupled to a data bus of a computer, the vertical interval corresponding to a subset of the plurality of video lines, the process commencing during the vertical interval and comprising: selecting a text portion of said vertical interval associated with a preselected one of said subset of the plurality of video lines; detecting textual information in the text portion; placing the detected textual information on the data bus of the computer; and indexing the video signal with the textual information.
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